ATP Seminole Crash

[LearLove]

Some info on a freind

For any Allegheny people out there or others that knew Beth this was on the company web site today. Services were held last week on Thru and Fri.



Allegheny Airlines, Inc.
1000 Rosedale Avenue
Middletown, PA 17057
Dialnet 948-5400
Date: June 16, 2003 Interoffice
Correspondence

To: All Flight Attendants

From: Inflight Services

Subject: Remembering Elizabeth Kerns

Elizabeth Kerns, a former Allegheny Airlines Flight Attendant based in ABE and SYR, was killed in a small aircraft accident in North Carolina on Sunday, June 8
Two othersin the aircraft with her also lost their lives. She had just turned 26 years old.She left Allegheny in April 2001 after 6 months of flying as a Flight Attendant, to pursueher career as a pilot. She was in training to earn her commercial multi-engine rating. Her parents are James A. and Penny Kerns, and their address is (I deleated this out). Her Mother can also be reached by e-mail at (I deleated this too) One of Beth's friends has also set up a website for family and acquaintances to share their memories of her. "We are collecting pictures to place on this site so that we can allow all the people to whom Beth touched their lives in some way are able to pay their respects and think back to the wonderful times we were so happy and lucky enough to
share with her. Please send any photos and your comments to
[email protected]. We will then post them to this site and if you have any particular captions or requests please don't hesitate to ask." The website address is
http://www.xs4all.nl/~clipit/.

 

[dav8or]

NTSB Identification: ATL03FA104
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Sunday, June 08, 2003 in Battleboro, NC
Aircraft: Piper PA-44-180, registration: N578TP
Injuries: 3 Fatal.





This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.



On June 8, 2003, at 1340 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-44-180, N578TP, registered to and operated by Airline Transport Professionals Corp. of USA, collided with the ground during an instructional flight near Battleboro, North Carolina. The instructional flight was operated under the provision of Title 14 CFR Part 91 and visual flight rules. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane sustained substantial damage, and the certified flight instructor, commercial rated student pilot and pilot rated passenger were fatally injured. The flight departed Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU), Raleigh Durham, North Carolina, on June 8, 2003, at 1255.

The instructional flight departed RDU on an instrument flight to Rocky Mount, North Carolina. At 1315, the instrument flight plan was cancelled and the flight continued under visual flight rules. At 1340, two eyewitnesses saw the airplane spinning towards the ground. The witnesses also stated they did not hear the engines running during the descent.

Examination of the wreckage site revealed the airplane came to rest approximately 30 feet off of a local road. The airplane was found in an upright position with all flight control surfaces were still connected to the airframe. The left wing sustained leading edge crush damage, and approximately four feet of the outboard section of the wing assembly was displaced up about 45 degrees. The right wing sustained span-wise buckling, and approximately four feet of the outboard section of the wing assembly was displaced forward. The nose section of the airframe was also displaced up at an approximate 45 degree angle. The cockpit was separated from the lower section of the fuselage and displaced to the right. Both engines were partially buried in the ground.